CHAPTER XIV

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NAHUA LAWS AND LAW COURTS.

General Remarks -- the Cihuacoatl, or Supreme Judge -- the Court of the Tlacatecatl -- Jurisdiction of the Tecuhtlis -- the Centectlapixques and Topillis -- Law Courts and Judges of Tezcuco -- Eighty-Day Council -- Tribunal of the King -- Court Proceedings -- Lawyers -- Witnesses -- Remuneration of Judges -- Justice of King Nezahualpilli -- He orders his Son's Execution -- Montezuma and the Farmer -- Jails -- Laws against Theft, Murder, Treason, Kidnapping, Drunkenness, Witchcraft, Adultery, Incest, Sodomy, Fornication, and other Crimes -- Story of Nezahualcoyotl and the Boy 433

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